Re: Two Adams??"She seems to think that she saw it in an article in the
Baha'i Studies Journal and that the statement was attributed to Abd'ul-
Baha. That wouldn't happen to ring any bells for you, would it?"
Dear Jeanne,
The only reference i know to *two* Adams is from the New Testament where
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Some quotes referencing / implying Adam was a
Manifestation:
Contemplate with thine inward eye the chain of successive Revelations
that hath linked the Manifestation of Adam with that of the Báb. I testify
before God that each one of these Manifestations hath been sent down through the
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P.S. For Susan B. Don't Jews see
themselves as 'white folks'?
Yes, I should have written “gentiles”
which would have been the more common referent. As a Native Studies
professor, I slipped into the referent used in Indian country from non-Indians.
Within the Jewish community, non-Jews
In a message dated 11/3/03 7:47:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Are you saying that the Adam that
symbolizes the first human in an evolutionary is also the same man who is
understood to be a Manifestation (the first?) of God?
Dear Jeanne,
The term Adam literally mean
Jeanne,
In the Jewish tradition, by and large there is not a sense that Adam was
physiologically the first human. The two stories of creation in the
Hebrew Scriptures are understood metaphorically and symbolically as the
stories that tell the origins of the Hebrew people. There is no sense
that
Title: Re: Two Adams??
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:19:54 EST
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Subject: Re: Two Adams??
In a message dated 10/27/03 11:15:21 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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Dear Susan,
I apologize for being so far behind in my reading. Thanks for your
insights. Would you please clarify? Are you saying that the Adam that
symbolizes the first human in an evolutionary is also the same man who is
understood to be a Manifestation (the first?) of God? Additionally, I am